Hydrogen Fuels: Sources and Links

UK GOVERNMENT

Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy

DBEIS: Energy and Climate Change Evidence and Analysis
https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/energy-and-climate-change-evidence-and-analysis

Minister of State for Climate Change
https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state--43

Website for the Office for low emission vehicles
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-for-low-emission-vehicles

News

Amber Rudd Questioned on Climate Change in Front of the Energy Select Committee September 2015

SHAMEFUL ENERGY POLICY PART 1

Just been watching the new Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change being interviewed by the Parliamentary committee on the same. What a shamefully bankrupt energy policy the current government is pursuing!

Despite the fact that they actually admitted that cost of onshore wind power has actually fallen to the level that it can operate without subsidy (& 20% of the cost on average of a UK windfarm goes on the cost of getting planning permission due to a completely uncoordinated policy and given the difficulty in getting sites the highest cost was often in paying landowners for the sites), AND windfarms are actually delivering far more energy than expected due to technological improvements, all new development on and off shore wind projects are being blocked?!? I have to say I cannot believe that people you claim to be environmentalists like the CPRE have backed this! (Alex!)

The idea that when there is a complete oligopoly in gas and power production and distribution that encouraging consumer 'switching' to bring down prices is a complete joke, and hardly any surprise as admitted it is failing to get companies to pass on savings from the fall in wholesale gas prices. Having been suckered by one company into switching only to find they lowered my monthly charge only to hit me with a massive bill when I moved, I spent 4 whole days a couple of years ago researching whether I should switch. As someone who is an experienced financial analyst who had actually got out my bills to work out my kilowatt hour and cubic metre consumption, I found the Comparison websites and calls to the companies totally misleading and uninformative and when I actually got the companies to give me their prices in cost per kilowatt hour/per cubic metre they proved to be virtually identical. If you think people are going to spend days of their time every quarter or 6 months to get the best energy price is going to be effective is the sort of 'free market fundamentalist' BS pushed by silly Economics professors and known by anyone in the real world to be ridiculous, that permeates so much of this government's nonsense (like justifying loan sharks to TV advertise).

Secretary of State, Amber Rudd admitted that the Heating Initiative is completely falling short of targets on either reducing energy consumption or carbon targets despite lavishing loads on advertising and giving incentives on companies to offer new insulation/boilers etc., and they have NO OTHER POLICY, other than crossing their fingers and hoping a technological solution will somehow turn up (like decarbonisation projects that have all proved a monumental failure so far).

Last but not least the only policy seems to be relying on fracking to deliver gas for new gas-fired plants plants despite the fact that the financial markets and even President Obama has finally caught on to the fact that fracking is just a complete scam by the worst type of Wall Street spivs in hyping a very high cost and environmentally damaging type of hydrocarbon production, which cannot generate a profit for companies now oil prices have fallen, and would only have been worth exploiting economically if gas prices soared much higher than now and would leave us in the UK being locked into much more expensive power source than countries which have more sensibly invested in renewables like off-shore wind (not just my view but that of the Government's Chief Scientist on energy!).

I'll finish my rant with an excellent series of articles from the New York Times on why fracking is a complete scam, and one swallowed by George Osbourne on our behalf hook, line and sinker

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/us/natural-gas-drilling-down-documents-4-intro.html?_r=1

SHAMEFUL ENERGY POLICY - PART 2

For those of you with an hour and a half on your hand you might want to watch the new Secretary of State be quizzed on the UK Goverment's policy by the Energy & Climate Change Select Committee.

Amber Rudd does a valiant job defending the indefensible and gallantly tell us Britain is leading the world on Climate Change Initiatives despite the fact that the government's own Climate Change Committee has pointed out it has in the last 5 years completely failed to make any progress at all on meeting any of its targets. She does at least seem deeply embarassed at having to confess that windpower is vastly exceeding all expectations in terms of what it is delivering on cost and output but is still being stopped dead in its tracks by this government, and that a policy of encouraging 'switching' by consumers is mainly failing to have any impact on lowering gas and power prices despite a huge fall in wholesale gas prices, and that the only policy to constrain energy demand and reduce carbon emissions, the Heating Initiative, is falling far short of expectations and is 'deeply disappointing'.

I myself attended a briefing by the then Minister of Energy who pointed out the extreme urgency to take effective action on Energy Policy and develop alternative sources of energy given procrastination by both governments of both colours to take an real policy decisions on Energy if the UK was actually going to even 'keep the lights on' in the next decade, given our entire coal fired capacity was due to be closed and all our whole nuclear capacity is scheduled to be decommissioned (and effectively have to be rebuilt). That Minister, a Conservative, who was widely respected throughout the Industry and by the LibDems for his knowledge of the industry and balanced view of renewable and conventional energies was unexpectedly sacked (it is widely believed by the intervention of George Osbourne) and replaced by a complete thug whose only qualification appeared to be his declared opposition to any form of wind power and a long association with the oil lobby.

Amber in contrast is a younger face, in fact very young to hold such a high position, and her only experience seems to be a 12 month stint as a PuS (very junior minister) in the department and the fact she is a Cheltenham Ladies College Girl, which will doubtless mean George Osbourne can actually talk to her (has this man actually ever spoken to anyone from a State School or even a minor public school for that matter?).

I guess I'm turning into grumpy old man, and she's doubtless a very capable 'gal', and what do I know about energy policy anyway apart from starting analysing the sector since before Amber started prep school. Enough grumpiness!! Good night!

http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/energy-and-climate-change-committee/news-parliament-2015/decc-priorities-2015/

SCOTLAND

Scottish Parliament

Leader of the Scottish National Party, First Minister for Scotland Rt Hon Nicola Sturgeon MSP

Deputy First Minister, Cabinet Secretary for Education & Skills John Swinney MSP

Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change & Land Reform Roseanna Cunningham MSP

Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy

SNP in Westminster

Group Leader in the House of Commons Ian Blackford MP
Deputy Group Leader, Economy Kirsty Blackman MP
Small Business, Entreprise & Innovation Marion Fellows MP
Industries for the Future Martin Docherty Hughes MP
International Development & Climate Justice Chris Law MP
Transport, Infrastructure and Energy Alan Brown MP
Ennvironment & Rural Affairs Angus Brendan Macneil MP
(formerly on the Select Committe for Energy)
Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Drew Hendry MP

Scottish Parliament website
http://www.parliament.scot/index.aspx

SNP's Programme for Government in Scotland
https://www.snp.org/the_snp_scottish_government_s_programme_for_government

SNP Conference 8-10th October in Glasgow
https://www.snp.org/conference

Article on Scottish Parliaments programme
https://www.holyrood.com/articles/news/campaigners-welcome-%E2%80%9Cgreenest-programme-government-history-scottish-parliament%E2%80%9D

Climate Change Bill Consultation

Note the Consultation period ran June30th to September 22nd 2017
http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2017/06/8208

Article on Scottish Energy/Transport Plan

Switched on Scotland: A roadmap to widespread adoption of plug in

vehicles
2016 Review

https://www.transport.gov.scot/media/20291/j457836.pdf

Transport Scotland's Publication Library

https://www.transport.gov.scot/publications/

http://utilityweek.co.uk/news/Scottish-Government-reveals-plans-for-public-power-company/1311402?utm_source=Utility+Week+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=570c23a205-UW_Daily_news_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4b3e4ed9dc-570c23a205-100214205#.WcVgxsiGPIV

Scotland's A9 on Google Maps
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/A9,+Perth+PH1/@57.293368,-6.1085186,7z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x488f61f2e010b877:0xd34dd91436b36bb4!8m2!3d57.293368!4d-3.86730

Transport Scotland's statement on UK H2 Mobility website
http://www.ukh2mobility.co.uk/member/transport-scotland/

Transport Scotlands Directorate - With names of people responsible
https://www.transport.gov.scot/about/our-directorates/

Scotland's Draft Energy Strategy: The Future of Energy in Scotland. January 2017
http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2017/01/3414/downloads

http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0051/00513466.pdf

"Our future transport needs will be met substantially through electricity or alternative fuels"

"Choices about the scale of supply and consumption of energy have substantially broadened in recent years. Consumers can now generate energy for their own needs, from solar panels or a wind turbine for example. In the future, groups of consumers may choose to invest jointly in new local energy solutions. The ability to store energy is also changing dramatically, with local solutions to complement larger-scale, national infrastructure provision. Scotland will need a more exible energy system, which can accommodate the many choices that consumers and generators will make in the future. This energy challenge represents an exciting opportunity to capture the economic bene ts of pioneering these approaches, here, in Scotland."

"Scotland’s communities and island populations are increasingly playing an active and important part in the delivery of innovative, low carbon, local smart energy systems in partnership with local government and a range of private and public sector bodies.
With the creation of local solutions to meet local needs – so-called decentralised or distributed energy systems – there is the potential to create vibrant local energy economies. Heat, electricity and storage technologies combined with demand management and energy ef ciency measures on an area-by-area basis, could realise substantial local economic, environmental and social bene ts."

"Despite the widespread use of gas as a heating fuel, there remains a high proportion of households in Scotland with no access to the national gas network. According to the Scottish House Condition Survey, approximately 16% (nearly 400,000) of Scottish households are off the gas-grid, with two-thirds of those homes in rural areas. The increased dependence on electricity for heating is demonstrated in the differences in average electricity consumption between Scottish distribution zones, with a substantially higher consumption of electricity in the North of Scotland."

" The pattern of our energy use over the year demonstrates the value of gas in managing the large swings in energy consumption, the seasons drive our energy use up in the winter. This pattern also demonstrates the potential value in storing energy, within days and seasons, to offset energy demand at peak times. Energy can be stored in different ways including as potential energy in pumped hydro storage facilities, as chemical energy such as batteries, biomass or hydrogen or as thermal energy in individual properties (such as a hot water tank or a battery) or as large-scale storage used with a heat network. The appropriate storage system will depend on factors including costs, geographic opportunities, how that energy needs to be used, and level of exibility necessary."

Alongside this progress at a national level, the Scottish Government has been a rm supporter of community and locally-owned renewables. Scotland now has 595MW of community and locally-owned renewable capacity. There are a total of 15,570 locally and community-owned renewables sites in Scotland at present. The two largest power sources continue to be onshore wind (273MW) and biomass (162MW).

Low carbon transport continues to grow. Electric vehicle (EV) uptake is increasing.
At the end of June 2016, there were 3,575 electric cars and vans licensed in Scotland (eligible for the UK Government’s plug-in car and van grant schemes). This is compared to 2,050 at the end of June 2015. More EVs were sold in Scotland in 2015 than the previous four years combined, with 2016 sales on track to rise further. Our ChargePlace Scotland network has expanded to over 600 publicly available EV charging points, equating to over 1,200 charging bays. This includes over 150 ‘rapid’ charge points, one of the most comprehensive networks in Europe. Renewable energy is an input to the transport sector in the form of biofuels - which, in 2015 made up 3.2% of total road fuels used in the UK.

News
Scotland to 'phase out' new petrol and diesel cars by 2032, The Independent, September 5 2017
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/scotland-petrol-diesel-cars-phase-out-ban-2032-nicola-sturgeon-snp-environment-air-pollution-a7930781.html

Lobby Groups

Article by Head of Greenpeace in the Guardian
https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/26/offshore-wind-power-energy-price-climate-change

Information on the Ecofin Foundation (contact Angela Whelan)
http://www.ecofinfoundation.org/about-us/staff-and-trustees

Global Warming Policy Forum (Climate Change Deniers, headed by Lord Lawson)
http://www.thegwpf.com
http://www.thegwpf.com/category/uk-news/

TRANSPORT TRANSITION

China looks at plans to ban petrol and diesel cars, BBC News, 10 September 2017

ENERGY TRANSITIONS

Shell releases its study on Energy Transitions
http://www.shell.com/energy-and-innovation/the-energy-future/scenarios/shell-scenarios-energy-models.html

HYDROGEN FUELS

Overview of Hydrogen Fuels

Shell's webpage on Hydrogen
http://www.shell.com/energy-and-innovation/the-energy-future/future-transport/hydrogen.html

Shell - Study on Hydrogen. 'Energy of the future?'
http://www.shell.com/energy-and-innovation/the-energy-future/future-transport/hydrogen/_jcr_content/par/textimage_1062121309.stream/1496312627865/46fec8302a3871b190fed35fa8c09e449f57bf73bdc35e0c8a34c8c5c53c5986/shell-h2-study-new.pdf

Presentation pack on the Study

http://www.shell.com/energy-and-innovation/the-energy-future/future-transport/hydrogen/_jcr_content/par/textimage_1062121309.stream/1496999618812/8ecf45b7823e96bee4ffab7df3c4873

Hydrogen Refuelling Network

UK H2 Mobility Website

http://www.ukh2mobility.co.uk/

Communication Pack

http://www.ukh2mobility.co.uk/news-media/announcement/communication-pack/

http://www.ukh2mobility.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/UKH2M-Communication-pack-2017-Jan.pdf

UK H2 Mobility: The Project

Refuelling Infrastructure

http://www.ukh2mobility.co.uk/the-project/refuelling-infrastructure/

Contacts with member organisations
http://www.ukh2mobility.co.uk/contact/

News

Shell to build world’s largest hydrogen plant of its kind in Germany

Written by Reporter - 01/09/2017

9/2017 1:35 pm

https://www.energyvoice.com/otherenergy/149304/shell-build-worlds-largest-hydrogen-plant-kind-germany/?utm_source=linkedin

Opening of a UK Hydrogen Refuelling Station
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/renewable-hydrogen-here-now-charles-purkess/

Germany H2 Mobility
http://h2-mobility.de/en/h2-mobility/

International News

Canada
https://fuelcellsworks.com/news/toyota-canada-s-first-hydrogen-fueling-and-service-facility-will-be-built-quebec

FCEV Vehicles

News

New hydrogen taxi service allows Hamburg to hail cabs guilt-free 12 September 2017
https://www.thelocal.de/20170912/state-of-the-art-hydrogen-taxis-mean-you-can-call-a-cab-guilt-free

Mercedes-Benz GLC F-Cell unveiled: Mercedes joins the hydrogen car revolution, albeit with a novel powertrain that combines a fuel cell with a plug-in battery in the GLC F-Cell

12 September 2017

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/motor-shows-frankfurt-motor-show/mercedes-benz-glc-f-cell-unveiled?utm_content=buffer19bd9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Mercedes Benz is about to reveal a hydrogen-powered SUV
http://uk.businessinsider.com/frankfurt-motor-show-2017-mercedes-hydrogen-glc-car-2017-9

The Companies

Toyota UK Motors website
http://www.toyotauk.com/

Toyota video on Environmental challenges
http://www.toyotauk.com/environment/environmental-challenge.html

Hyundai Motors Webpage on FCEVs
http://www.hyundai.com/eu/en/Innovation/Eco/index.html

Ballard Power Systems

Plug Power

Products

http://www.plugpower.com/product-catalog/

Genfuel Products

http://www.plugpower.com/products/genfuel/

Financials

http://www.ir.plugpower.com/Financial-Information/Financial-Summary/default.aspx

Q2 2017 Update

http://s21.q4cdn.com/824959975/files/doc_financials/2017/investor-letter-second-quarter-2017.pdf

Nikola Motors: Nikola Two Heavy Truck
https://nikolamotor.com/two

Convoy
https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=315266380

News on Hydrogen Vehicles

Suzuki Fuel Cell Scooters to be trialled by the Metropolitan Police
https://www.bikesure.co.uk/bikesureblog/2017/09/hydrogen-fuel-cell-scooters-trialled-met.html?utm_source=fbook&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=Hydrogenfuelcellscooter&utm_campaign=bikesure

Hyundai
https://insideevs.com/hyundai-hydrogen-fuel-cell-car-production/

ITM Power

Product list (Hydrogen Electrolysers for fuel)

http://www.itm-power.com/product/hfuel

ITM Annual Report
http://www.itm-power.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ITM_annual_report_2017.pdf

News on ITM Power

Shell's webpage on Hydrogen
http://www.shell.com/energy-and-innovation/the-energy-future/future-transport/hydrogen.html

Shell - Study on Hydrogen. 'Energy of the future?'
http://www.shell.com/energy-and-innovation/the-energy-future/future-transport/hydrogen/_jcr_content/par/textimage_1062121309.stream/1496312627865/46fec8302a3871b190fed35fa8c09e449f57bf73bdc35e0c8a34c8c5c53c5986/shell-h2-study-new.pdf

Presentation pack on the Study

Announcement of 2017 Capital Raising
http://www.itm-power.com/news-item/proposed-placing-of-new-ordinary-shares-to-raise-25-million-and-proposed-open-offer-to-raise-up-to-4-4-million

Article on ITM's bulk Power to Gas project with Shell
https://www.gasworld.com/shell-and-itm-power-plan-for-bulk-h2-production-/2013399.article#.WamV7gJmW1s.linkedin

ITM Power Video February 2014
https://player.vimeo.com/video/51895158

Nel Hydrogen
http://nelhydrogen.com/news/awarded-usd-8-3-million-hydrogen-electrolyser-fueling-station-contract/

-Proton On-site
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/lets-talk-hydrogen-fuel-john-stevenson/?trackingId=a1y6gvEDBaIIjvCNoFE1Yw%3D%3D

Electric Vehicles

Criticism of power needs for electric vehicles
http://www.thegwpf.com/britain-faces-huge-costs-to-avoid-power-shortages-with-electric-car-plan/

Tesla's Long Term Plans, 9 September 2017

http://uk.businessinsider.com/tesla-projects-long-term-plans-2017-9?r=US&IR=T

EV Sales in the USA in H1 2017 Update

https://www.fleetcarma.com/electric-vehicle-sales-united-states-2017-half-year-update/

Inside EVs Website

https://insideevs.com/

Gas for Transport

Article by T.Boone Pickens on opportunity to use VW fine money for CGT Transport
http://newsok.com/article/5536700

http://newsok.com/article/5536700

http://www.automotive-fleet.com/channel/natural-gas/article/story/2017/09/why-some-fleets-still-like-natural-gas.aspx

WORLD ENERGY

International Energy Agency (IEA)
https://www.iea.org/

IEA Publications
https://www.iea.org/publications/
https://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/

International Energy Agency (IEA)
https://www.iea.org/newsroom/news/

IEA Overviews for 2017

https://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/WorldEnergyBalances2017Overview.pdf

https://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/OilInformation2017Overview.pdf

https://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/NaturalGasInformation2017Overview.pdf

https://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/MarketReportSeriesGas2017ExecutiveSummaryEnglish.pdf

https://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/CoalInformation2017Overview.pdf

https://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/ElectricityInformation2017Overview.pdf

https://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/renewables-information---2017-edition---overview.html

https://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/WEI2017SUM.pdf

https://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/EnergyTechnologyPerspectives2017ExecutiveSummaryEnglishversion.pdf

ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY

IEA report on Comparative cost of Renewables August 2015
https://www.iea.org/newsroom/news/2015/august/joint-iea-nea-report-details-plunge-in-costs-of-producing-electricity-from-renew.html

Windpower

Goldman Sachs video in Windpower
https://www.facebook.com/goldmansachs/videos/10105280028217930/

Solar Power

Article on Bloomberg on Solar Power in Chile
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-01/chile-has-so-much-solar-energy-it-s-giving-it-away-for-free

Nuclear Fusion Plants

http://www.thegwpf.com/37063/

UK Energy

IEA 2012 Review
https://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/UK2012_free.pdf

UK Electricity Industry

Energy Trends from DBEIS
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/647388/Electricity.pdf

News

Electricity shake-up could save consumers 'up to £40bn'
By Roger HarrabinBBC environment analyst24 July 2017

UK Windpower

https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/26/offshore-wind-power-energy-price-climate-change

Scottish Power/Greenpeace video

https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2017/09/19/video-offshore-wind-suddenly-cheap-uk/

Anti-Windfarm Lobby's take on this
http://www.thegwpf.com/forget-the-spin-offshore-wind-costs-are-not-falling/
http://www.thegwpf.com/cheap-renewable-contracts-could-be-options-in-disguise/

Guardian September 10 2017
https://amp.theguardian.com/business/2017/sep/10/uk-windfarms-become-cheaper-than-hinkley-point-c

Article in the Independent on Windpower being blocked. Shell sponsored study
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/apr/25/uk-windfarm-subsidies-ban-cheap-energy-electricity?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SocialSignIn&utm_source=Facebook

UK Solar

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/06/solar-powered-schools-bill-business-rates-rise-england-wales

UK Tidal Power

Wales Is Set to Become the Green Power Capital of Britain, 11 September 2017https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-11/tidal-lagoon-power-secures-grid-connection-for-cardiff-project

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/poetry-in-motion-power-plant-will-use-ocean-tides-to-power-155k-homes/

Battery Storage

National Grid warns UK will miss 2020 targets, predicts big battery future

JULY 5, 2016

https://theenergyst.com/national-grid-warns-uk-will-miss-2020-targets-predicts-big-battery-future/

Power to Gas

http://www.europeanpowertogas.com/media/files/European%20Power%20to%20Gas_White%20Paper.pdf

Excellent article on potential for Power to Gas in a renewables context
https://medium.com/@cH2ange/hydrogen-enables-renewables-fcc397fa8459

Another article on hydrogen's role in storage
https://medium.com/@cH2ange/making-h2-while-the-sun-shines-2cbd04b496c7

Video on ITM's integration with Windpower from the Hanover-Messe Conference
http://www.hannovermesse.de/en/news/key-topics/integrated-energy/

RENEWABLE FINANCE

Green Investment Bank
http://www.thegwpf.com/uks-green-bank-abandons-britain/

UK ROAD NETWORK

CPRE 'End of the Road'

http://www.cpre.org.uk/resources/transport/roads/item/4543-the-end-of-the-road-challenging-the-road-building-consensus

OIL AND GAS

Offshore Magazine
http://www.offshore-mag.com/oil-production/northsea-europe.html

IMF warning on Saudi Finances from 2015
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/10/imf-saudi-arabia-151022110536518.html

Fracking

A great report on how a quite very small company (U.S. Company Cuadrilla) and a not particularly large UK one (Ineos the rump of ICI) managed to influence the policy of the U.K. Government in the face of widespread opposition and despite this being an economically ridiculous policy.

I was once given the names of all these companies to apply for jobs with. After I looked into them I decided not to, but when I saw how effectively they knackered the windpower industry I saw how effective it was.